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Churches, 1917

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Notes on the General Conference. Laws of the Church

The Methodist · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 2

It was known that, one of our most acute and well-versed minds had been for a long time at work upon the Book of Laws. The book, as it had been in force for some years, needed not only bringing up…

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New Church at Tullamore

The Methodist · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 12

On Thursday, May 31st, the new Methodist Church at Tullamore was officially opened. The function took the form of a religious service in the afternoon, and was…

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Church Union

The Methodist · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 9

RIGHT REV. DR.-D'ARCY (Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore) has written a letter on ecclesiastical reunion to the "Spectator," which is not unlikely to become historic by reason of the…

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Church Triumphant MR. J. W. COUSINS

The Methodist · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 8

The many friends of J. W. Cousins will regret to learn that he has so early passed home. Yet they will be glad to know that he finished his life with equal honour…

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The Churches. Historic Church Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 8

The historic Anglican church of All Saints at Hunter's Hill, alter coming perilously near to being resumed and pulled down by the Government to make way for a fire station, has…

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A Church in the Forest. Lady Cullen's Romance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 7

A fete was held yesterday at the Haberfield School of Arts to raise funds to provide a memorial to the young men of the local Presbyterian Church who have fallen in the war…

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Church Missionary Society

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 12

MELP[?] Friday. -- The Primate of Australia (Dr. Wright, Archbishop of Sydney) arrived in Melbourne to-day for the purpose of taking part in the 25th birthday celebrations…

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Church Tea and Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 2

A very successful tea and concert, in aid of Sf Stephen's Soldiers' Memorial Church, Lidcombe, were hold in the town hall last week. After tea, which was attended…

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Gattai. Bating the Church Land

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1917 · page 8

Councillor Roberts asked Baulkham Halls Council, at Tuesday's mooting, if church lauds at Cattai, containing 5 acres, belonging to the Roman Catholic Church…

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Sightless Service the Error of Judging Florence's Little Mission

The Sun · Sunday 17 June 1917 · page 12

Florence was class mate with about a dozen of us Each of us, in our arrogance of youth, prided herself on being somewhat of an original character. One wrote verse,…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 June 1917 · page 21

One of the most popular personages in the Eastern Suburbs ia the Very Rev. Father Kennedy. One has to be in his company only a few minutes when one naturally likens him to…

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Out of the Depths Church That Does Things "Brightest Spot in Surry Hills"

The Sun · Sunday 17 June 1917 · page 5

There stands in a squalid part of Surry Hills a little Anglican Church, its exact location being at the intersection of Campbell and East streets. Architecturally it is scarce…

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Catholic Women's Hostel. Opened by Archbishop Kelly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 June 1917 · page 4

Archbishop Kelly blessed and opened a hostel for woman and girls at the premises of the Catholic Women's Association, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Sydney Medical Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 6

The temporary closing of the Sydney Medical Mission is to be regretted. Since its establishment in 1900 the mission has done fine work at Riley-street, Surry Hills, and it is…

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Belgian Mission. Received by President Wilson. Inevitable Day of Victory." New Tork. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 20 June 1917 · page 1

[?] Wilson, in a speech of Washing-ton [?]…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 June 1917 · page 48

Under this reading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper in [?]rder that in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 June 1917 · page 49

A Month's Mind for the late Rev. Father Cleary will be held at Gunning on Tuesday, Jure 26, at 10 a.m. Rev. P. A. Micklem, rector of St., James',…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 30

Masses will be celebrated at Penshurst every Sunday at 7.15 and 9.15 o'clock, instead of 8.15 and 10.15. Sutherland every Sunday at 9.30 o'clock. Confessions will…

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Maclean Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 20

The following arrangements have been made for the celebration of Holy Mass in Macleaan parish: Sunday, June 24th, St. John's Day, Maclean, 9 a.m.; Clatsworth…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 6

Ten of the Dublin deportees who have gone to Oxford are domiciled in a house there placed at there disposal by Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C., an English Capuchin…

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